Jandamarra- Campaignshoot { 16 images } Created 29 Aug 2011
Jandamarra's War Nominated for a 2011 Screen Music Award and 3 ATOM Awards.
Electric Pictures and Wawili Pitjas are pleased to announce that Jandamarra's War is a Finalist for Best Documentary General, Best Documentary Biography and Best Docudrama in the 2011 ATOM Awards.
Jandamarra was a legendary indigenous warrior and lawman who led one of Australia's longest and most successful campaigns to defend Aboriginal country.
STEVE Hawke's play about the Kimberley resistance leader Jandamarra gains a new theatrical presence in the instant that spotlights flood the limestone cliff face at Windjana Gorge, in the West Kimberley.
In the 1890s, real-life renegade Jandamarra and his Bunuba tribe hid out in Windjana's maze-like gorges; from high rock parapets, they ambushed white pastoralists and policemen hot on their trail until, aged 24, Jandamarra was felled by a tracker's bullet.
Money didn't extend to such effects, but much else has been achieved in this fine retelling of the Jandamarra story, which premiered in the 2008 Perth International Arts Festival.
Western theatre tradition is still mildly hostile territory when it comes to staging rich indigenous stories. It's fair to say that stand-and-deliver oratory leads to static, wooden moments from even the best actors, prompting questions about when Aboriginal vernacular, movement and even comedic style will begin to shape Australia's theatrical tradition, instead of being shaped by it.
This Bunuba-owned production company has worked hard on such issues, breaking new ground in turning Bunuba idiom into a living, palpable stage presence.
Almost half the dialogue is delivered in indigenous language, with excellent surtitles. The very medium that brought Jandamarra's story and the Water Snake myth safely down through the generations becomes the star of the show.
http://www.bindarri.com.au/damion-hunter-jandamarra/
Campaign shoot ©Ingetje Tadros
Electric Pictures and Wawili Pitjas are pleased to announce that Jandamarra's War is a Finalist for Best Documentary General, Best Documentary Biography and Best Docudrama in the 2011 ATOM Awards.
Jandamarra was a legendary indigenous warrior and lawman who led one of Australia's longest and most successful campaigns to defend Aboriginal country.
STEVE Hawke's play about the Kimberley resistance leader Jandamarra gains a new theatrical presence in the instant that spotlights flood the limestone cliff face at Windjana Gorge, in the West Kimberley.
In the 1890s, real-life renegade Jandamarra and his Bunuba tribe hid out in Windjana's maze-like gorges; from high rock parapets, they ambushed white pastoralists and policemen hot on their trail until, aged 24, Jandamarra was felled by a tracker's bullet.
Money didn't extend to such effects, but much else has been achieved in this fine retelling of the Jandamarra story, which premiered in the 2008 Perth International Arts Festival.
Western theatre tradition is still mildly hostile territory when it comes to staging rich indigenous stories. It's fair to say that stand-and-deliver oratory leads to static, wooden moments from even the best actors, prompting questions about when Aboriginal vernacular, movement and even comedic style will begin to shape Australia's theatrical tradition, instead of being shaped by it.
This Bunuba-owned production company has worked hard on such issues, breaking new ground in turning Bunuba idiom into a living, palpable stage presence.
Almost half the dialogue is delivered in indigenous language, with excellent surtitles. The very medium that brought Jandamarra's story and the Water Snake myth safely down through the generations becomes the star of the show.
http://www.bindarri.com.au/damion-hunter-jandamarra/
Campaign shoot ©Ingetje Tadros
